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• U.S. Asserts Guaido's Control Over Key Venezuela Bank Accounts

  29-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Pompeo determined that Guaido has authority over the nation’s accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and other U.S.-insured banks, State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino said in a statement.
  
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• Macro trader Adam Fisher exits Soros for second solo act

  29-01-2019 23:42
  Adam Fisher, a portfolio manager at Soros Fund Management, is returning to running his own firm less than two years after joining the approximately $25 billion investment firm.
  
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• Post-shutdown, some Republicans see door ‘slightly ajar’ to challenging Trump

  29-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s still a long shot, but a few Republicans are beginning to muse about a possible primary challenge to President Trump.
  
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• Contract that ended LA teacher strike gets final approval

  29-01-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A contract that ended a six-day strike by Los Angeles teachers got final approval despite a report from an oversight agency saying the deal may not be sustainable because of the long-term financial outlook of the nation's second-largest school district.
  
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• What we know about the 4 Houston police officers shot and 1 injured

  29-01-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  At least one of the officers has a long road to recovery ahead of him, HPD Chief Art Acevedo said.
  
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• Here are the facts: Despite winter storms, global warming is real

  29-01-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Attacks of extreme cold, big snowstorms and even unwelcome invasions from the polar vortex will continue to occur even as the planet warms.
  
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• Brexit deal not open to renegotiation: EU leaders

  29-01-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  European leaders moved quickly Tuesday to reject an attempt by Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May to re-open talks on the Brexit divorce deal, as British lawmakers voted to demand changes.When May signed the withdrawal agreement in November, both she and the other 27 EU leaders hailed it as the only way to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc on March 29 without a plan.May's call got short shrift from EU Council president Donald Tusk, who called round the other 27 EU capitals to coordinate a
  
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• After decline, U.S. military's Mexico border mission to grow again

  29-01-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military says the new deployment will be largely on top of the roughly 2,350 active duty troops already involved in the border mission.Officials told Reuters the additional deployment could add 2,000 or more troops to the current total but declined to offer a final figure.Shanahan said the upcoming increase in troops would help the Department of Homeland Security meet its goals of stringing up more concertina wire and expanding surveillance at the border.
  
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• Huawei exec's extradition hearing pushed to March

  29-01-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The extradition hearing for a top Huawei executive at the center of a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Beijing was pushed back to March on Tuesday, after the US unveiled sweeping charges against her and the Chinese tech giant.Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of its founder, was indicted along with Huawei and two affiliates in a US case related to alleged Iran sanctions violations that has inflamed tensions with China.In Meng's first court appearance since being re
  
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• Trump boosts bills to teach his favorite book — the Bible — in public schools

  29-01-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Steven Fitschen, president of the National Legal Foundation, reacts to the president's tweet praising his effort to teach teach the Bible in public schools.
  
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• 'We're Flying Blind.' The Shutdown Is Making it Harder for Economists to Understand the Shutdown

  29-01-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Essential economic data is being delayed or scrapped entirely, making it harder to understand the shutdown's broader costs
  
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• U.K. Parliament Rips Up Theresa May’s Brexit Deal

  29-01-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Theresa May promised to go back to Brussels to re-negotiate Brexit after Parliament ripped up the deal she’s spent the past year and a half stitching together.On a rare good night for the U.K. prime minister, she won the backing of members of Parliament for her Plan B -- to scrap the most difficult part of the divorce package and re-open talks with the European Union.May chose to tear open the exit deal to unite her divided Conservative Party.
  
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• Trump friend Roger Stone pleads not guilty in Russia probe

  29-01-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges in the Russia investigation after a publicity-filled few days spent slamming the probe as politically motivated.
  
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• What is a sun dog? Polar vortex brings atmospheric phenomenon to the Midwest

  29-01-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  These sun dog images can be the silver lining of a very, very cold weather day.
  
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• Pentagon: Several thousand more troops to the Mexico border

  29-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will be sending "several thousand" more American troops to the southern border to provide additional support to Homeland Security, Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said Tuesday, providing for the first time new estimates for the next phase of the military aid.
  
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• Poll: Voters Trust Pelosi over Trump

  29-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Women, minorities, Democrats, and independents all said they trusted Pelosi more than Trump when asked by Quinnipiac’s pollsters.Trump’s demand for a wall at the southern border was also unpopular, with 55 percent of respondents opposing the idea and 41 percent supporting it.
  
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• GOP Lawmaker Tells Ocasio-Cortez Congress Isn’t Just ‘Eating Bonbons’

  29-01-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows spoke up Tuesday during the first meeting of the newly Democratic-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform -- his first joint appearance with Ocasio-Cortez, one of Congress’s newest, most liberal members.The Oversight panel will lead House Democratic investigations of the Trump administration, and partisan tensions are expected.
  
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• Trump, sounding off on climate change, loses an argument to actual climatologists — government ones

  29-01-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  While Trump may not understand how global warming can lead to extreme cold, members of his own government made a point of reminding Americans of just that Tuesday.
  
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• Intel chiefs challenge President Trump's national security claims

  29-01-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Key defense and intelligence officials met on Capitol Hill today for the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment hearing, where they discussed the biggest threats facing the U.S.
  
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• Sanctions on Venezuela's oil firm sends U.S. refiners scrambling

  29-01-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., known as PDVSA, to cripple the OPEC member's oil shipments, which account for nearly all of Venezuela's exports, in response to the reelection of socialist President Nicolas Maduro, a vote widely viewed as fraudulent.Washington has recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's head of state.U.S. refineries that depend on Venezuela's heavy crude are turning to domestic sour crude grades to offset the i
  
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• Venezuela crisis: Chief prosecutor asks court to ban opposition leader from leaving country and freeze his accounts

  29-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela’s chief prosecutor has asked the country’s top court to impose a travel ban on opposition leader Juan Guaido and freeze his accounts.The United States, along with several other countries, has recognized Mr Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state and denounced leftist president Nicolas Maduro as a usurper.Mr Maduro, who was sworn in earlier this month for a second term after disputed elections last year, accuses Mr Guaido of staging a US-directed coup.
  
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• Palestinians say Israel removing witnesses by ejecting Hebron monitors

  29-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he will not renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), accusing the observers of unspecified anti-Israel activity.Norway, which has headed the multi-country observer mission for the past 22 years, said "the one-sided Israeli decision can mean that the implementation of an important part of the Oslo accords is discontinued"."The situation in Hebron is unstable and characterized by conflict," Foreign Min
  
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• Pound Falls After U.K. Lawmakers Reject Plan to Delay Brexit

  29-01-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The currency held its losses as lawmakers subsequently approved the Brady amendment that seeks changes to the Irish backstop arrangement in the Brexit deal.Prime Minister Theresa May had backed the Brady plan herself as a way to demonstrate to Brussels that changes to the backstop would allow the Brexit deal to be approved.“The positive is that May has found a majority for some sort of Brexit,” said Danske Bank A/S analyst Mikael Olai Milhoj.
  
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• 'El Chapo' defense rests after calling one witness

  29-01-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  After that, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan, who is presiding over the trial in Brooklyn federal court, will instruct the jury so it can begin deliberatingGuzman's fate.The brief defense case was in sharp contrast to the 10-week presentation put on by prosecutors, who called over 50 witnesses to testify.Guzman said on Monday that he would not testify in his own defense.
  
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• How to Keep Your Car Battery Alive Through a Frigid Winter

  29-01-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Batteries, like people, like to stay warm, dry, and well-fed during the winter. Heres what you need to know about keeping your battery happy when its cold out.
  
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• Sheriff: Suspect confesses to killing 5 with dad's gun

  29-01-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A young man from Louisiana has confessed to killing his parents, his girlfriend, and two of her family members who had taken him in after he was kicked out of his house, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• MPs reject delay to Brexit — but also no-deal

  29-01-2019 21:53
  On a night of high drama in UK politics, MPs voted against leaving the EU without an agreement - but also rejected several specific methods for avoiding that
  
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• Maduro Fights Back With Targeted Killings and Media Blackout

  29-01-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Since protests against Maduro began last week, the socialist regime has regularly sent the police’s elite Special Action Force racing into Caracas slums on personnel carriers and motorcycles.Inside Venezuela, the violence is hidden.
  
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• Woman bitten on rear by python lurking in her toilet

  29-01-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman in Australia got a rather unpleasant surprise when she sat down on her
  
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• The 2020 Toyota Tacoma Is Coming, and This Teaser Photo Hints at How It'll Look

  29-01-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  We try to decipher a nearly undecipherable image of the latest mid-size pickup truck.
  
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• Woman with baby dies after falling down NYC subway stairs

  29-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A young mother has died after falling down stairs at a Manhattan subway station while holding her 1-year-old daughter in a stroller.
  
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• Top airline is selling flights for $44

  29-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Winter weather and the general lull of the post-holiday season can leave just
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Global warming hasn't gone away despite cold

  29-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a Midwest cold spell, President Donald Trump is pleading for global warming to come back, but it never went away.
  
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• Howard Dean warns Schultz's 'vanity candidacy' could mean a 2nd term for Trump

  29-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The former Starbucks chief executive stirs up fear and anxiety by floating an independent presidential run.
  
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• 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett assaulted in possible racist, homophobic attack

  29-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are investigating after receiving a report of a "possible racially-charged assault and battery" on "Empire" star Jussie Smollett.
  
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• Starbucks’ Schultz ‘100% Will Only Run If He Sees a Viable Path,’ Adviser Says

  29-01-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Schultz’s announcement that he’d consider a 2020 bid outside of either party drew a furious reaction from Democrats, who warned that he’d draw votes from the party’s eventual nominee and assure the re-election of President Donald Trump.There’s no chance he gets in this race if there isn’t a path," Bill Burton, a former aide to President Barack Obama who recently joined Schultz’s political team, said in an interview Tuesday.Burton said it may not be until
  
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• Canada’s Decision on Huawei and 5G ‘Some Ways Off,’ Goodale Says

  29-01-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  “I’m not going to speculate about time but it’s certainly beyond weeks,” Goodale told reporters Tuesday after a cabinet meeting.Goodale said Canada will take the view of allies such as the U.S. into account when studying potential risks to national security, and will make its own decision in the end.China’s ambassador to Canada and Huawei officials have denied the company’s gear is used for spying.
  
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• Netanyahu's toughest ballot rival, ex-general Gantz, breaks silence

  29-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  In a long-awaited speech in which he broke his silence for the first time since joining the campaign, former military chief Benny Gantz was careful not to directly attack Netanyahu, who is under investigation for corruption."The mere notion that in Israel a prime minister can remain in office while under indictment is ridiculous," Gantz said at a launch party timed to coincide with the evening TV news.Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, has said he is a victim of a political witch hunt and has
  
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• Graham to Press Barr on Releasing Mueller Report

  29-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Chairman Lindsey Graham was pressed on the issue at a committee meeting Tuesday by Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who questioned whether Barr would feel constrained by a Justice Department policy against releasing derogatory information about people who haven’t been charged with a crime.Whitehouse of Rhode Island noted that a separate department legal opinion holds that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted.
  
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• Israeli ex-army chief launches campaign to replace Netanyahu

  29-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Retired Israeli military chief Benny Gantz on Tuesday launched his campaign to be prime minister, presenting himself as a moderate alternative to Benjamin Netanyahu with a message of unity at home, a search for peace and a tough line against the country's many enemies.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo shrugs off bishops' calls for his excommunication

  29-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday shrugged off criticism and even calls from Roman Catholic leaders for his excommunication from the church over his support of a new state abortion law.
  
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• Dems Tap Stacey Abrams to Respond to Trump’s State of the Union

  29-01-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will deliver Democrats’ response to President Trump’s State of the Union address.Abrams, who lost a tight gubernatorial race to former Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp in November, will return to the national spotlight on February 5 to address the nation immediately after Trump concludes his remarks.
  
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• U.S. spy chiefs break with Trump on many threats to the U.S

  29-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they target the 2020 presidential election and American institutions to expand their global reach, U.S. intelligence officials told senators on Tuesday.The spy chiefs broke with President Donald Trump in their assessments of the threats posed by North Korea, Iran and Syria.
  
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• Abrams, former Georgia governor candidate, to give Democrats' State of the Union response

  29-01-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost Georgia's recent gubernatorial election, will deliver the Democrats' response to Republican President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week, the top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said on Tuesday. “I’m very excited she has agreed to be the responder,” Schumer told reporters, adding that he had asked her to give the response several weeks ago. The response is a rebuttal delivered by the opposing party.
  
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• McConnell warns against early exit from Syria, Afghanistan

  29-01-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Islamic State and al-Qaida militants still pose a "serious threat" to the United States and cautioned the Trump administration against an early exit from Syria and Afghanistan.
  
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• 20th Century FOX 'saddened and outraged' after attack on 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett

  29-01-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago police are investigating the assault on 36-year-old actor 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett as a possible hate crime; Matt Finn reports.
  
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• Palestinian president Abbas accepts government resignation

  29-01-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas accepted the resignation of his government Tuesday, in a reshuffle seen as a bid by the ageing leader to strengthen his position as a decade-old political split deepens.Analysts view replacing prime minister Rami Hamdallah after five years as part of Abbas's efforts to further isolate his political rivals Hamas, who run the Gaza Strip.Hamdallah's government will remain in place while a new administration is formed.
  
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• 'Several thousand' more US troops to go to southern border: Pentagon

  29-01-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands more troops will head to the US-Mexico border, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday, as part of a controversial mission to enhance security along the frontier.Currently, about 2,350 active-duty troops are working along the border, where they are helping border patrol agents by providing logistical support and installing concertina-wire fencing.At a Pentagon press conference, Shanahan said "several thousand" additional troops would deploy on the border mission, which w
  
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• U.S. warns of 'serious consequences' after Venezuela moves against Guaido

  29-01-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The sweeping sanctions on PDVSA, announced on Monday and aimed at curbing crude exports to the United States and driving President Nicolas Maduro from power, were the strongest measures yet against the 56-year-old former union leader who has overseen economic collapse and an exodus of millions of Venezuelans in recent years.The measures triggered higher global oil prices, angry responses from China and Russia and the first serious moves against Guaido since he challenged Maduro's claim on the pr
  
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• GM Brands Have Cut Complimentary Maintenance from Three Years to One

  29-01-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Cadillac, GMC, and Buick will now only cover the first maintenance visit. Chevrolet isn't yet saying.
  
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